I think there are some shenanigans going on as well. Players pretending they can't learn, playing dumb to a certain extent, making mistakes so they eventually get shipped out. There is a formula there that smells like agents.
Maybe, but I don't mind shake up this whole youth movement.
I really don't care who is getting fired the team needs to start winning. Will have no excitement about new hired until they start winning either.
Yes, but we will definitely need to trade some young players and to add vets or just good players.
Do you mean they are worth more or, on the contrary, should we keep them on the team?
I totally agree with you, defense is just as important as attack. I totally want to rework our right side of defense. Clifton is questionable, if you can’t get someone better than him then you’ll probably have to play him, but he’s not perfect either. Two top 4 RDs need to be added to the lineup. I’d like to give Johnson a full chance with Clifton or someone better than him. I think Johnson can skate, get involved and move the puck, and having expirience physical guy on his side would be a natural fit. I don’t want to see our third pairing anymore where both guys are terrible with the puck, it’s just bad. Even if you look at the defense of teams like Caps, Canes and Devils, it's built differently. While I may be in the minority who would prefer to give Johnson a chance in the third pairing, he will be 24 years old, so it's now or never.
Rasmus Andersson would be a huge get and is still relatively young at 28. I don't see Calgary trading until the offseason though.
I don't think Andersson and Dobson are good targets. Andersson doesn't have a long enough contract for our situation and he's not exactly the type of defenseman we need, although he might be good with Dahlin, but it's the same situation with Byram, where three defensemen want to play on the PP. Dobson is the same, too expensive (cost and contract), had problems with his play falling off this season.
That is the fatal myth. He isn't talented enough to not hamstring smart players. They know where the play should go and Tage goes solo and everyone looks bad and out of position. Tage kills zone entries with the extra puck dustings and the solo bs at the line. As a 2C sure. But he needs to be pushed down the lineup.
I don’t disagree, but in today’s NHL, the game is about puck possession and puck support. When your top 2 centers are poor at both, it makes everything more difficult.
You can't do one and not do the other, it's a half measure, that's Adams 2.0. If you want to have the best chance of making the playoffs, then you improve all the gaps.
Sure, but you can’t do everything. And I’d rather use the trade value the Sabres have on centers first. Guys like Weegar are available every year.
I don't agree, I think you can do everything, no, well it doesn't mean you don't do what you suggest. I just don't see a problem doing both, and it doesn't have to be Weegar or anyone else. Without a normal defense it will be difficult for you, Carolina with Kotkaniemi as 2C will go to the playoffs, but they have a good defense and system. Devils does both. Caps does both.
You’re missing the point. Assume Adams trades Power and Thompson in addition to the media reported Cozens/Byram for Petterson trade.
But we don't have them, if we had Weegar and Marino, it would alllow Dahlin and Power less stress and it would be much easier for them.
No, what does that have to do with it? I mean, you have to get all things done in the offseason, and I don't want Adams to do that.
Here’s what I’m talking about. This is illustrative.
In your scenario, we'd still need TWO top 4 defensemen unless you're pegging Sammy to return to what we've seen.
